Access

The World Internet Project is an international research project that tracks the global trends of the Internet over a number of years by surveying both users and non-users. The New Zealand research is part-funded by InternetNZ and conducted by the Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication at Auckland University of Technology.

There is almost universal agreement that broadband is to the 21st century what roads and rail were to the 20th century – critical infrastructure, and a basic requirement for ongoing economic growth - and InternetNZ is active in the campaign for better broadband for New Zealanders.

Key statistics in respect to the Internet in New Zealand are complied by the Auckland University of Technology, the Department of Statistics and the Commerce Commission. We have also included a variety of other statistics links.

Barriers to Unmetered Domestic Internet Traffic

There has been a lot of discussion for quite some time about monthly limits of Internet usage (data caps) that are typical in New Zealand. This discussion has been both internal within InternetNZ as well as in a number of public forums.

New Zealand can anticipate significant economic and social benefits from the sub-1GHz radio spectrum becoming available from 2013. This spectrum, known as the ‘digital dividend’, is to be freed through digitisation of broadcast television. It is well suited for cost-effective and widespread deployment of mobile broadband services, delivering better coverage in rural and urban areas with fewer sites than required with higher frequency spectrum.